Customer Ratings & Reviews

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The old 50mm 1.8 ii lens has been around for 25 years. It had suburb optics and a terrible focusing drive. This new Lens has the same optics. But, has a much more sturdy build, an excellent STM drive, and a 7 leaf circular aperture. This is a huge update. Everyone needs it in their kit. FYI... it has 49mm filter threads. I just picked up a 49mm to 52mm step-up adapter. It works fine. Now I don't have to get another set of filters in a less common thread size.

This lens is great. My family and I were planning our vacation and I wanted a light weight lens, Something that would be good for snapshots. Something quick and easy to use. I bought it for its price and so I had something easier to walk around with. I could not be happier with this investment. The picture quality, light weight, handling in low light situations...I am absolutely blown away!!! Thank you, Canon!!!

A very good lens—the image quality is excellent, easy to use.

I bought my 70D in a bundle so it already came with the 15-85mm and the 75-300mm, so I don't consider those lenses I bought. I did some research before buying my second lens. Everything I looked at pointed me towards this lens for a second lens and I'm so glad I listened. The f-stop going all the way down to 1.8 is great for focusing on a single subject and blurring out the background to the point where you can't even tell what it is. I am a paid photographer and I use this lens in lots of my portrait shoots. To my clients it looks very underwhelming, but then they don't question the lens once they see how the photographs turned out. I would like to say I'm an advanced photographer and even I use this lens. This lens is in no way only for beginners. This lens has some uniqueness to it that can not be replicated by any other lens. It is a must have in any photographer, or non-photographer's, gear bag.

I own the 18-55mm lens and the ultra wide range lens also and this one by far is my favorite! I love the fact the fact the I get polished photos without all the guesswork. I'm no photographer but I do enjoy taking photos. Super lightweight, you won't be disappointed.

Great for portraits, and a nice upgrade for my basic DSLR without breaking the bank!

Dollar for dollar this is the Best Buy for your money on any canon glass. You will take AMAZING pictures with this lens. Low light = no problem with its 1.8. If all you have is your kit lens, stop reading this and add it to your cart, you'll love it. For $99-130 it can not be beat.

I bought this lens as a christmas gift for my husband he had told me he wanted it because he had read up about it and said for the quality and the price it was the lens to get, he has seemed very satisfied with it says it is smaller and eaiser to handle takes good pictures, a great find!

Perfect for detailed, high-quality portraits. Images are sharp and precise. Amazing quality at a great price.

I have a T5 and the kit lenses were already pretty good, but this lens stepped up the game so hard. Excellent for beginner photographers like myself. The price is GREAT and this lens is worth a lot more imo. Good job Canon.

This is a great light weight general purpose lens. I use it a lot in low light conditions, mind you it is no where as good as the 50mm F1.4, but for the low price paid it is well worth the money.

Got it for my Canon 80D and this lens takes awesome pictures. not too expensive and great quality for the price. Would recommend it for anyone who wanna start his lens collection.

I was able to notice the difference between my other canon lenses. If you want a picture that will blur the background surrounding the object/person, this is the lens to get for your canon.

New to photography as of November 2017. Can't say anything more than what others have already said so I've attached a test shot I took while herding my dogs in the backyard. For the price, it's impressive. Great way to learn additional features of my Canon 80D without spending a ton of money. This lens will keep me quite busy until I'm ready for a sizeable upgrade.

This lens is the best you can get at this price, especially for portraits. I shoot with it all the time and it never fails to impress me.

great for portraits, love it. crisp clear photos and easy to use

This lens is an amazing value for the price. It takes crystal clear photos. I am so glad I added this to my photography kit. It is great for portrait photography. I highly recommend purchasing this lens.

This compact and lightweight lens delivers excellent image quality with smooth bokeh while at the same time being very inexpensive. Unfortunately, despite the nice metal mount, the overall feel of the lens is somewhat disappointing. This is mainly due to noise produced when focusing. Although the motor of the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is quieter than the previous model, it is still noisy compared to all other Canon STM lenses which are practically completely silent when focusing.

I got this lens to replace the 50mm f1.8 II. The autofocus system is much quieter and much more precise. It's built quality is also much improved. Love that it has a metal mount again. I don't see much of a difference in image sharpness than the II but the build quality difference made it a worth while upgrade for me. Best lens you can buy for $125